MMAOddsBreaker.com has returned for 2015 and just like last year, we’re keeping a running tally of our staff’s fight picks for all major mixed martial arts (MMA) events. Everyone has a clean slate with the new year, and we’ve added three new staff members to the our special picks chart this time around. After 23 events thus far in 2015, Vegas Matty and Adam Martin are now tied for first place with a 163-95 record (63.2%), while Brad Wharton and James Lynch trail in second place at 159-99. There were five unanimous picks for this UFC Fight Night 71 event out of 12 fights (Sean Strickland, Sam Sicilia, Alan Jouban, Kevin Lee and Tony Ferguson). There were no contentious picks for this event as no individual fight pick had more than two dissenters. Without further ado: UFC Fight Night 71 Finale Staff Picks
UFN 71 | G. Killian | A. Martin | J. Lynch | B. Taschuk | B. Hemminger | N. Kalikas | J. Primetown | B. Wharton | V. Matty |
Fight #1 | Good | Craig | Good | Craig | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good |
Fight #2 | Casey | Casey | Casey | Casey | Casey | Casey | Casey | Alcantara | Alcantara |
Fight #3 | Strickland | Strickland | Strickland | Strickland | Strickland | Strickland | Strickland | Strickland | Strickland |
Fight #4 | Kanehara | Kanehara | Kanehara | Kanehara | Kanehara | Kanehara | Kanehara | Yahya | Yahya |
Fight #5 | Andrade | Andrade | Andrade | Andrade | Moras | Andrade | Andrade | Andrade | Andrade |
Fight #6 | Sicilia | Sicilia | Sicilia | Sicilia | Sicilia | Sicilia | Sicilia | Sicilia | Sicilia |
Fight #7 | Jouban | Jouban | Jouban | Jouban | Jouban | Jouban | Jouban | Jouban | Jouban |
Fight #8 | Lee | Lee | Lee | Lee | Lee | Lee | Lee | Lee | Lee |
Fight #9 | Gamburyan | Gamb. | Gamb. | Gamb. | Gamb. | Gamb. | Gamb. | Jorgensen | Jorg. |
Fight #10 | Holm | Holm | Holm | Reneau | Holm | Holm | Holm | Holm | Holm |
Fight #11 | Ferguson | Ferguson | Ferguson | Ferguson | Ferguson | Ferguson | Ferguson | Ferguson | Ferguson |
Fight #12 | Mir | Duffee | Duffee | Duffee | Duffee | Duffee | Mir | Duffee | Duffee |
Last Event | 7-4 | 8-3 | 7-4 | 8-3 | 7-4 | 6-5 | 8-3 | 6-5 | 7-4 |
2015 Record | 145-113 | 163-95 | 159-99 | 157-101 | 153-105 | 147-111 | 149-109 | 159-99 | 163-95 |
Everyone also has a no contest on their record after the Kid Yamamoto vs Roman Salazar bout ended early due to an eye poke Follow along in 2015 to see who wins! Previous MMAOddsBreaker staff picks articles from this year TUF 21 Finale UFC 189 UFC Fight Night 70 UFC Fight Night 69 UFC 188 UFC Fight Night 68 UFC Fight Night 67 UFC 187 UFC Fight Night 66 UFC Fight Night 65 UFC 186 UFC on Fox 15 UFC Fight Night 64 UFC Fight Night 63 UFC Fight Night 62 UFC 183 UFC on Fox 14 UFC Fight Night 59 UFC 182 UFC FIght Night 60 UFC Fight Night 61 UFC 184 UFC 185